Russian government backs bill giving life-term prisoners right for long visitsRussian government has approved a bill that would grant life-term prisoners a right to have long visits from relatives.12:39 17.04.2017
Death rate drops by 10% in Russian prisons – officialThe mortality rate in Russia's prisons has dropped recently by 10%, Deputy Head of Chancery of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Ivan Solovyov announced during a round-table conference in the Federation Council on Friday.12:41 31.03.2017
Russia extradites twelve Crimean prisoners to UkraineTwelve individuals, who were convicted and given prison terms in Crimea before the republic’s reunification with Russia, have been extradited to Ukraine for serving their sentence.14:59 17.03.2017
Bill on deferral of sentence for pregnant women passed by State DumaThe lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, adopted in the second reading on Wednesday a bill that authorizes courts to set aside real prison sentences for pregnant women and new parents during delivering a judgement.11:44 08.02.2017
Russian prison doctors suspected of causing inmate’s death by negligenceHead Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg has launched a criminal case against medical professionals of a prison where inmate suffering of cancer has died.14:30 07.02.2017
Russian Justice Ministry proposes compulsory use of electronic braceletsRussia’s Justice Ministry is drafting a bill on compulsory use of electronic bracelets for effective control of persons placed under house arrest.10:52 29.12.2016
Federation Council approves bill on use of force against prisonersRussia’s upper house of parliament on Friday approved a bill regulating the use of force and special equipment such as batons, pepper spray against prisoners.18:09 23.12.2016
Russian lawmakers soften bill on use of force against prisoners - reportRussia’s State Duma has approved a softened version of a bill regulating use of force and special equipment such as batons, pepper spray against prisoners, which is expected to be adopted in the second reading on December 14.18:12 08.12.2016
Russian rights group seeks ECHR compensations be recovered from culpritsSergey Petryakov, the head of a human rights advocacy group “Zona Prava” (Law Zone), has asked Russia’s Prosecutor General to seek monetary redress in the amounts of compensations set by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) from the officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) directly responsible for failures to provide convicts with medical care.16:19 07.12.2016
Constitutional Court allows life-sentence prisoners to have one long prison visit a yearThe Constitutional Court of Russia published a regulation that allows prison inmates sentenced to life to receive at least one long visit from close relatives in the first 10 years of prison term.13:51 17.11.2016
Top official of Penitentiary Service, his deputy detained in corruption probeMoscow's Khamovnichesky District Court ordered Yevgeny Verbetsky, chief of Moscow Probation Department at Federal Penitentiary Service, and his deputy Roman Klimenko to be detained on suspicion of corruption.18:00 03.11.2016
Russian ex-convict to get $3,000 compensation for tortures in prisonThe Kalininsky District Court of Novosibirsk has ordered the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service’s Directorate General to pay 200,000 rubles ($3,000) in compensation to a released convict who was cruelly beaten by prison officers in 2014.17:04 03.11.2016
Convicted Moscow 2012 riots activist Gaskarov to be released on October 27Alexei Gaskarov who has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for participation in the Bolotnaya Square riots in 2012 will be released on October 27.17:16 20.10.2016
Bills on status of convicted mothers in Russian prisons enter State DumaBills aimed to improve the status of convicted mothers in Russian prisons have been filed with the State Duma.10:32 07.10.2016
ECHR proceeds with appeal filed by defense of deceased Russian prisonerThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has communicated an application over refusal to provide Sergei Kuznetsov, 54, who has died in a Sverdlovsk Region prison, with medical help.14:54 21.09.2016
Government commission approves bills on status of convicted mothers in Russian prisonsThe Government Commission for Legislative Drafting Activities has approved bills aimed to improve the status of convicted mothers in Russian prisons.16:48 20.09.2016
HIV positive convict seeks $9,300 for lack of medicine in jailThe Kalininsky District Court in St. Petersburg will consider a lawsuit filed by an HIV positive prisoner demanding 600,000 rubles ($9,300) from the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) hospital for non-provision of medicine.15:13 14.09.2016
Victims in Russian penitentiary embezzlement case demand $52.5 mln from defendantsVictims in the embezzlement case against ex-head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer have filed a civil lawsuit demanding repayment of 3.4 billon rubles ($52.5 million).16:05 07.09.2016
Russian penitentiary ex-head maintains his innocence in embezzlement caseFormer head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer pleaded not guilty to embezzlement on Tuesday.16:35 30.08.2016
Preliminary hearings in case against ex-head of Russian penitentiary set for August 23The Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court has set preliminary hearings in a criminal case against the former head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer, who stands charged with embezzlement, for August 23.14:39 16.08.2016